Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
STANLEY THE TRAVELLER.
Some of his characteristics Great
Explorations.
The Rare Qualities Of Mind and Body
Which Makes His Journeys
Successful.

| The qualities that have made Henry
| NJ. Stanley so successful as an African
| traveller have been very cons picuous in
| his latest undertaking; which is perhaps
the most difficHlt enterprise he has CON
| Quoted. He has accom- plished, says the
| New York Sun, the feat of leading 75Q
men, most of them heavily laden with
| ammunition and others stores INTENDED
for Emin Pasha, through $50 miles of
| famine-stricken country. He required
| five steamers to carry his expedition to
| the Aruwimi. but le found only three
| steamboats, available, and with these in
adequate resources he managed, By tax
ing lot of barges in tow TO transport
nearly fourfifths of his party 500 miles
| up the river, arriving at the Aruwimi a
| day or two before he was expected to
reach that point. The sufferings of his
| expedition may be inferred from the
| fact that the collapse of q number of. his
men, who were unable to proceed, was
due solely TO weakness resulting from
| their scanty ratiens. When hunger drove
his hundreds Of carriers to the verge of
revolt, between Stanley Pool and Bolo-
boo, Stanley put the rebellion's ringlead
ers ii irons, and his prompt
SEVERITY RESTORED DISCIPLINE
| and saved his expedition from the ruin
that threatened it. Stanley has not been
very popular with most of the men he
has introduced on the Congo. With rare
exceptions ho has not taken them into
his confidence or mingled with them on
terms of personal intimacy. One of
them, who s.rved three years under him
| in important positions, wrote that he
rarely consulted his subordinates, never
contided his plans to them, and that he
lived for years with Stanley and still felt
that he did not know, the man. "If Mr..
Stanley told me-" said Lieut.. Braconnier.
''to pack my baggage and be ready to
start in IA hour, would not dream of
asking him where we were going. He
would simply tell me my own duties re-
quired all my attention" These very
men who have not admired Stanley in his
personal relations with his subordinates
have had great confidence in his good
judgment ana ability as & leader, and
some have expressed their admiration of
his handling of the expedition now in
his charge.
Before tho big expedition debarked on
the lower Congo to begin its land march,
the party had been divided into com
panies of abouti. seventy men, each of
"iiiSil "ho puC III Shdl S6 VI OHc VI CIdu-
ley's European assistants. Each captain
had his distinctive flag and received
every morning the orders of the day.
The chiefs of several of the Congo sta
tions have expressed their admiration of
the perfect order and system with which
every movement of the party was con-
Quoted. Officers at Leopoldville have
said that when steamer is about to leave
that port one would think huge Atlantic
liner was taking her departure. Stanley's
command, however, marched in detach-
ments to the waiting feet, took the posi-
tion assigned them in the most perfect
order, and were on their way up the
river before half of Leopoldville knew
they had broken camp.
The surprise to which Stanley treated
Leopoldvllle upon his arrival at that
place was quite characteristic of the
man. The sleepy settlement had hard
ly woke up one day when it was as aston
ished to see that some distance below the
town q score of tents.